The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Analyst
Rank 24 30 17
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Business Analyst 10 19 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 3.497% 5.556% 9.541%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.774% 6.209% 9.818%
Number of salaries quoted 10 18 26
Average salary £45,000 £39,750 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.20% -41.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £30,950 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,700 £50,750 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.03% +3.12%
All Job Titles
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
265 306 275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 92.66% 89.47% 97.17%
Number of salaries quoted 241 284 259
Average salary £44,000 £37,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.33% -10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Business Analyst
London

Business Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Croydon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Croydon Business Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Croydon region.

Croydon Business Analyst Salary Trend

Business Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Business Analyst across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Croydon Business Analyst Salary Histogram

Business Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region that cited Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title.

1 17 (62.96%) Business Analysis
2 12 (44.44%) Project Management
3 10 (37.04%) MS Office
4 9 (33.33%) SQL
5 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (22.22%) MS Project
6 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
6 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
7 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
7 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.81%) Retail
8 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
8 3 (11.11%) Customer Insight
8 3 (11.11%) Marketing
8 3 (11.11%) User Stories
9 2 (7.407%) Use Case
9 2 (7.407%) Analytics
9 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
9 2 (7.407%) System Testing
9 2 (7.407%) ISEB
9 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
10 1 (3.704%) Finance
10 1 (3.704%) Scrum
10 1 (3.704%) CIMA
10 1 (3.704%) PMI
10 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
10 1 (3.704%) ACCA
10 1 (3.704%) VBA

Business Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region that cited Business Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Business Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 10 (37.04%) MS Office
2 6 (22.22%) MS Project
3 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
4 1 (3.704%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) MS Access
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 4 (14.81%) Retail
2 3 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (3.704%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.704%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (62.96%) Business Analysis
2 12 (44.44%) Project Management
3 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
5 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.11%) Customer Insight
6 3 (11.11%) User Stories
7 2 (7.407%) Use Case
7 2 (7.407%) Analytics
7 2 (7.407%) Test Scripting
7 2 (7.407%) System Testing
8 1 (3.704%) Statistical Analysis
8 1 (3.704%) Kimball Methodology
8 1 (3.704%) Scrum
8 1 (3.704%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
8 1 (3.704%) E-Commerce
8 1 (3.704%) Data Modelling
8 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) ISEB
1 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.704%) ACCA
2 1 (3.704%) CIMA
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle
Croydon, South East
Our client a leading financial services company with an office in Croydon requires a BI/MI Business Analyst with experience of delivering strategic MI systems. The successful candidate...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £400.00 - £445.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013